By the Numbers: UFC 313

Alex Pereira’s takedown defense held up, but his light heavyweight championship reign did not.

Magomed Ankalaev blended timely striking with occasional clinch work to capture a hard-fought unanimous decision triumph against “Poatan” in the UFC 313 headliner on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. While Pereira was never taken down in the bout, he seemed hesitant to open up with his own offense against the Dagestani challenger. As a result, the popular Brazilian came up short in his attempt to successfully defend the light heavyweight belt for a fourth time.

Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC 313, with statistics courtesy of UFCStats.com.

18: Undisputed UFC light heavyweight champions after Ankalaev took the belt from Pereira in Saturday’s headliner.

14: Current unbeaten streak for Ankalaev, the third longest in the UFC behind Jon Jones (20) and Islam Makhachev (15). Ankalaev’s run includes a no contest and a majority draw.

94: Significant strikes landed by Ankalaev. By comparison, Pereira landed 76. Ankalaev outlanded his opponent 29 to 18 in Round 2, 19 to 7 in Round 4 and 20 to 14 in Round 5. Pereira, meanwhile, outlanded Ankalaev 16 to 9 in Round 1 and 21 to 17 in Round 3. It’s the first time in his UFC career that Pereira has been outstruck by his opponent.

36: Significant head strikes for Ankalaev. Pereira, meanwhile, landed 11. Ankalaev also held a 30-to-17 edge in significant body strikes.

48: Significant leg strikes for Pereira. By comparison, Ankalaev landed 28.

0: Takedowns landed in 12 attempts for Ankalaev. The Dagestani light heavyweight did secure 5:42 of control time, which came primarily in the clinch.

72: Significant strikes landed by Justin Gaethje in a unanimous decision triumph over Rafael Fiziev. Fiziev landed 68 in defeat. Gaethje outlanded his opponent 21 to 17 in Round 2 and 39 to 30 in Round 3, while Fiziev held a 21-to-12 edge in Round 1. In their first meeting at UFC 286, Gaethje outlanded Fiziev 103 to 97 in a majority decision victory.

7: Career knockdowns for Gaethje, tying him with multiple others for ninth most in UFC lightweight history. “The Highlight” floored Fiziev with a vicious uppercut in Round 2.

56: Significant head strikes for Gaethje. Fiziev, meanwhile, landed 20 significant strikes to the head.

43: Significant body strikes for Fiziev, tied for the eighth most landed in a single fight in UFC lightweight history. By comparison, Gaethje landed nine. Fiziev landed 52 body strikes against Gaethje in their first meeting, the fourth most ever at 155 pounds.

1: Submission loss in 23 professional outings for Jalin Turner. “The Tarantula” tapped for the first time in his career at UFC 313, succumbing to a triangle choke 2:29 into Round 1 against Ignacio Bahamondes. Bahamondes has finished three straight UFC opponents.

4: Significant strikes landed by Iasmin Lucindo in a unanimous decision loss to Amanda Lemos at strawweight. That marks the 50th fight in UFC history in which a fighter landed four significant strikes or fewer in a three-round fight that went the distance. Lemos, meanwhile, landed just 12 signifcant strikes in victory.

9: UFC strawweight victories for Lemos, tying her with Rose Namajunas, Xiaonan Yan and Karolina Kowalkiewicz for eighth most in the history of the division.

16: Wheel kick knockouts in UFC history after Mauricio Ruffy used the maneuver to vanquish Bobby Green just 2:07 into the opening stanza of their featured lightweight clash. Ruffy has finished 11 of his 12 professional victories by knockout or technical knockout.

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1: Fight in UFC history featuring two fighters born in the 2000s. This occurred when Joshua Van (born Oct. 10, 2001) defeated Rei Tsuruya (born June 22, 2002) via unanimous decision in a preliminary flyweight affair on Saturday night.

17: Takedowns defended in 21 attempts by Van, who outlanded his Japanese adversary by a 127-to-47 count in total strikes. Tsuruya’s 21 attempts are the sixth most for a single fight in UFC flyweight history.

79: Significant strikes landed by Carlos Leal Miranda in a little less than five minutes during a technical knockout victory over Alex Morono at welterweight. That’s the sixth most in a single round in UFC welterweight history. By comparison, Morono landed 40 significant strikes. Leal’s total included 49 significant strikes to the head and 28 to the body.

13: Unofficial media scorecards, of the 13 tracked by MMADecisions.com, that awarded the featherweight clash between Francis Marshall and Mairon Santos to Marshall. Judges Chris Lee and David Lethaby saw things differently, giving Santos a split-decision triumph.

19: Significant strike advantage for Santos, who outlanded his foe 40-23 over the final 10 minutes. While Marshall was successful on three of five takedowns, he only secured 2:35 of control time in the bout.

12: Unofficial media scorecards, of the 14 tracked by MMADecisions.com, that awarded the middleweight fight between Djorden Santos and Osman Diaz to Santos. However, all three cageside judges submitted 29-28 tallies in favor of Diaz.

266: Combined significant strikes landed by Diaz (135) and Santos (131), the third most for a three-round middleweight fight in UFC history. Diaz outlanded his opponent 51 to 49 in Round 2 and 64 to 57 in Round 3, while Santos held a 25-to-20 edge in the opening stanza.